Jackson Jambalaya

Any bets that it was originally stolen by some local youths? Right? It could happen, or at least a perception of it being stolen. Right?

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Third world cities have third world police departments.

He's only been waiting a week? Ha! Not sure if this post will light a fire under Antar, but otherwise he can expect to wait a whole lot longer than that to have the City take interest. Glad the new property owner is holding them accountable!

I hope JPD does a thorough search of the car before they tow it away!

The property owners should call all local tv stations for maximum coverage of this issue, and then call MDEQ. The State might help, so it is worth a try.

These local municipalities love to tell you what you have to do with your water, but when it comes to theirs it falls on deaf ears.

You have got to be kidding me. Its been there a week. JPD doesn't seem to give a crap. Could be stolen. Could be one involved in a crime. Could be a body in trunk.

I appreciate this man trying to go the correct route (police first, mayor next). He needs to call Capitol Police direct. His next call should be to Ted Henifin since it involves waterway/culvert/possible contamination of water.

Glad its on JJ now. It can't be hidden anymore by those who just dont want to deal with it. And Kingfish, dropped some cash in the mail a few days ago. Appreciate you.

How in the world did it get into the ditch. At least someone will know what happened to their stolen vehicle

The mayor will probably remove it if you sneak him a few dollars under the table, otherwise you'll be waiting!!

Talk about wasted keystrokes...Other than mine in this post, there's this:

Kingfish Note: No comment

1:37...Kidding? Naw. My wife and a friend of hers found a human skull right off Terry Road in South Jackson months ago. They both called JPD several times that day and the next. No one came to check it out and that area flooded a day later and washed it all downstream. No one cares.

I think based on the dead branches on top of it somebody tore branches off and tried to cover the car up. Then branches died of course and went from green to brown. which means there very well could be something inside worth investigating.

A half-assed competent PoPo Department would at least cruise by to see if there's a tag on it.

In any other of the cities surrounding Jackson, a towing service would have been called the moment this was originally reported to the police.
He should have said he thought there was a dead body. Not sure that would have worked either.

The incompetence of Jackson's leadership seems to be limitless.

It boggles the mind that the residents don't riot in the streets and shame the Mayor daily with megaphones outside his home.

The apathy and acceptance of his criminal enterprise is almost as embarrassing.

Poor fellow. How many of us have been forced through inaction and neglect to write similar letters to the city’s low-down, sorry excuse of a mayor? All you can do is grit your teeth because your first sentence is a bald-faced lie and you damn well know ain’t jackshit getting Antar Chokwe’s attention.

We live in the wild wild west.

Some smart kid should drag it out and take it to the Can Man and get $300.

Can’t he just call a salvage company and have it removed . Even as scrap it’s worth the value of the Tow! If no wants it, I know 2 companies in Madison County that would do in a heartbeat.!

@1:51 PM - The JPD has standing orders from Chowke to take any and all measures to keep the homicide stats low. No skull, no homicide. Right?

1:53 PM - A competent officer would check the VIN, but lazy cops rarely do that. In this case someone would possibly get wet checking the VIN, and it's hot/humid outside their cozy $75,000 patrol cars. Right?

Radical new city... polluting the waterways, stopping up ditches, falling into potholes, blocked sewer drains flooding houses ... and the list goes on and on... but we have a zoo where the animals are neglected and no one wants to visit

Wasn't this property up for auction recently? I feel bad for the simp who bought it. He (or she) will quickly learn some valuable (and painful) lessons.

Nice thought 1:37 - but Ted Henifin is not God's answer to all the failings of the City with Soul; drainage systems, which is what a creek is, might contain water, but that does not make them the purview of JxnWater - and Henifin has his hands full already taking care of what Lumumba has f**ked up with the utility system.

But no worry, Chockwe will get to this just as soon as he can get his $40 million bond deal put together and sold, cause he wants to spend it all on cleaning up the storm drainage systems in the city. Just the other night when our fine Council met -- of all places, a church in North Jackson (goes without saying it was not a bi-racial church, but who's counting) -- Baby Chock said that they were 'almost there' in getting his bond deal where the money could be gotten, in answering a question from Councilman Hartley about just doing basic maintenance on these ditches and creeks.

Gotta realize, getting cars out of the ditches is just 'basic maintenance' and once he can sell some bonds, he can pay the towing company to come get this ride.

Title took me a minute. Thank you Norman Maclean.

In any other of the cities surrounding Jackson, a towing service would have been called the moment this was originally reported to the police.
He should have said he thought there was a dead body. Not sure that would have worked either.

June 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM

He shoulda wrote there was a dog inside & the fire dept woulda been right there pronto!

I live in a nice subdivision in Madison. P.S. there are houses for sale around here. They are not cheap, but they are safe. And, the schools are good.

You folks have no appreciation for modern art. Just think OYO Exhibit, with the new Waffle House addition...near the Hooter's installation, next to the Title Pawn shop...in the upscale part of town.

Somebody call Locke Ward

5:03PM reminds me of fact versus opinion as taught to elementary school students every year, to-wit:

FACT: Ted Henifin is not God's answer to all the failings of the City with Soul . . ..”
OPINION: Ted Henefin is not God’s answer to all the failings of Antar’s Bold /New/City of Soul for the simple reason that he has not been tasked with that feat.
FACT: The mayor of the City of Jackson is Chokwe Antar Lumumba.
OPINION: The mayor is a no-good, low-down, sorry ass con man and grifter whose only pursuit is his own enrichment.

Find you 3-4 young guys with trucks and I promise they will have a heyday pulling that POS out of the ditch and leave it right in the middle of the road… they’ll come get it n

If he had reported in the initial call to JPD that Rukia was trapped inside, the response would have been significant.

There used to be a Junk Car Dealer, I believe his name was John (badeye) Raines, in Starkville that for a decade or more would just drop junk cars land that the city had taken from him to extend Whitefield Street. Take a lesson from Badeye, borrow a forklift and drop it somewhere appropriate.

Imagine the jaw-drop and pearl-clutching going on in the Madison Board Room had this discovery been made in 'The City'.

You'd think racist ol' Chuck would be embarrassed that the common suggestion to this problem seems to be, hey let's call Henefin or Locke Ward (ie. Whitey) to save Jackson?

If he were capable of shame...I bet he'd almost be humiliated.

Never said Henifin was God's answer to all the failings. Simply thought about veh possibly leaking something into water. That's all.

..he has not been tasked with that feat.. Made me laugh. He's done a good job with the things he has been tasked with.

Love the update, Kingfish. Gone.

June 14, 2024 at 10:14 AM; there would have been no dropping of the jaws, or clutching of the pearls in Madison The City, because a responsible citizen of Madison The City would have quickly called Madison PD, who would have quickly shown up. a tow truck would have been in route within minutes of the officer arriving on scene, and the car on a flat bed on its way within a couple of hours of the first call being made.

this is how it works in a city that has citizens that care, a police department that cares, and an administration headed by a mayor, that cares. none of which apply to jackson.

Lloyd Bridges said... "Imagine the jaw-drop and pearl-clutching going on in the Madison Board Room had this discovery been made in 'The City'." June 14, 2024 at 10:14 AM

Lloyd, I take it you're unfamiliar with Madison, where society ladies have been conducting all-night stakeouts, for decades. Half the population are retired elite operatives from various tri-letters and military.

There are MULTIPLE boardrooms, used regularly, by competent, HONEST people.

The only pearls being clutched, and the only jaws being dropped, would be by those who FAILED TO TO IMMEDIATELY TAKE CARE OF THIS. In Madison, powerful jaws get CLENCHED, and eagle eyes get focused on problems.

Bigger things than this, happen all the time (With Canton in one direction, and Jackson in the other, that's to be expected), but they get immediate action. That car would have been gone, within the hour, and that would be only the beginning. A broadening ripple of investigations would ensue.

In Madison, a simple 'Public Intoxication', can result in a street-full of responder vehicles, followed by an inspection of someone's premises, resulting in a big, 'Do not Enter' sign on the door, after the house has been condemned as a health hazard.

That's just standard procedure. Madison's a bad place to misbehave.

this is for spawning river trout, look away and let men fish

What year and model is the car? I am getting tired of buying car parts from the impound lot.

Blast it out of the creek.

Another excellent example of a story never having follow-up by 'your correspondent'.

@5:02 PM What are you talking about. Look at top of the post. Update: Gone. The vehicle has been removed. Did you want more information?